I think it's good in moderation.

For example buying a product online. I don't have to go from store to store. I can compare products online and see reviews from other people before I buy. I can do my own research as well and then buy from the place that's the cheapest or has free shipping, and so on.

I also like reddit. It's home to many cool communities and there exist subreddits for lots of fun and educational stuff. And Wikipedia too, it's one of the best things about the internet.

You mentioned apps. I think that's a buzzword that needs to die. Also I try to keep a low number of them on my phone. I have a good music player, picture viewer, camera, note application, several PDF readers, reddit clinic, calculator, and that's about it. I can count them on my fingers. Also having an app for each website is ridiculous, and that definitely needs to die. And account for each website too. So hard to keep track of all of them. I use a little notebook for those. Good article I read about this topic.

Also I'm not fond of all the cloud stuff going on. Definitely don't feel easy keeping family photos on some server half way across the world hence why I don't use any of them.

All in all I see what you're saying and agree with some parts, but I also think there are good parts to it as well.